Chapter on Refusing to Accept a Bequest
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 90
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 90
Chapter on Refusing to Accept a Bequest
5 hadiths
رَوَى حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِنْ أَوْصَى رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَجُلٍ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّ وَصِيَّتَهُ وَ إِنْ أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ بِالْبَلَدِ فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ قَبِلَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَقْبَلْ".
Hammad ibn ʿIsa narrated from Ribʿi ibn Abdullah from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام, who said: "If a man appoints someone as his executor while that person is absent, the appointed person does not have the right to reject the will. However, if he appoints him while he is present in the same town, then he has the choice to either accept or decline it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 339
وَ رَوَى رِبْعِيٌّ عَنِ اَلْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ يُوصَى إِلَيْهِ قَالَ "إِذَا بُعِثَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ بَلَدٍ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ رَدُّهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي مِصْرٍ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ غَيْرُهُ فَذَاكَ إِلَيْهِ".
Ribʿi narrated from Al-Fuḍayl ibn Yasar from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام regarding a man who is appointed as an executor. Imam عليه السلام said: "If the will is sent to him from another town, he does not have the right to reject it. However, if he is in a city where others are available, then it is up to him to accept or decline it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 339
وَ رَوَى سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلرَّيَّانِ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَجُلٌ دَعَاهُ وَالِدُهُ إِلَى قَبُولِ وَصِيَّتِهِ هَلْ لَهُ أَنْ يَمْتَنِعَ مِنْ قَبُولِ وَصِيَّةِ وَالِدِهِ فَوَقَّعَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَمْتَنِعَ ".
Sahl ibn Ziyad narrated from Ali ibn Al-Rayyan, who said: I wrote to Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام asking about a man whose father invited him to accept his will. Is it permissible for him to refuse accepting his father's will? Imam عليه السلام replied: "He does not have the right to refuse."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يُوصِي إِلَى اَلرَّجُلِ بِوَصِيَّةٍ فَيَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "لاَ يَخْذُلْهُ عَلَى هَذِهِ اَلْحَالِ".
Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام regarding a man who is entrusted with a will by another man but dislikes accepting it. Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "He should not abandon him in this situation."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 339
وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِذَا أَوْصَى اَلرَّجُلُ إِلَى أَخِيهِ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّ وَصِيَّتَهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ شَاهِداً فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا طَلَبَ غَيْرَهُ".
Ali ibn Al-Hakam narrated from Sayf ibn Umayrah from Manṣur ibn Hazim from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام, who said: "If a man appoints his brother as his executor while he is absent, he does not have the right to reject the will. This is because if he had been present and refused to accept it, the testator would have sought someone else."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 339